Thẻ ghi nhớ: IEI-AD-Success and Failure

secure/reach an agreement

Sub-topic: Success.

To achieve a particular compromise.

(Every instance of violent resistance polarized the political debate and made it more difficult to ...................... over which policy to pursue.)

accomplish/attain/reach/realise/fulfill a goal

Sub-topic: Success.

To complete the goal.

(Again, as in life, you just put in your best effort and try to fight as hard as you can to try to ...................... .)

reach a compromise

Sub-topic: Success.

To achieve an agreement that includes benefits and concessions for both parties.

(Needless to say, the rift could deal a serious blow to the nation's economy unless both sides ...................... as early as possible.)

fulfil ambition/dream

Sub-topic: Success.

To do what you really want to.

(Working in a zool ...................... Jane's ambition to work with animals.)

realise one's ambition/goal

Sub-topic: Success.

To achieve what you have wanted for a long time.

(We take great pleasure in supporting them to ........................... of growing Private Outlet into one of the European top players.)

abate (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

To become less strong.

(Most hot flashes are mild to moderate in intensity and usually ...................... over time without therapy.)

abhor (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

To hate a kind of behaviour or way of thinking, especially because you think it is morally wrong.

(The act of killing thousands of innocent people is profoundly evil and we rightly ...................... it.)

collaborate (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

To work together with a person or group in order to achieve something, especially in science or art.

(He says rappers at Flow are starting to support each other and to ...................... with artists outside their crew.)

collar (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

To catch someone and hold them so that they cannot escape.

(The police ...................... him less than 20 minutes after the robbery.)

falter (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

To become weaker and unable to continue in an effective way.

(The instructions make it so simple that even a child can go through it confidently, without a ...................... nor a fumble.)

fault (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

To criticize someone or something for a mistake.

(He also ...................... them for not checking to make sure that contractors doing business with the city employ women and minorities.)

fall through

Sub-topic: Failure.

If an agreement, plan, sale etc falls through, it is not completed successfully.

(It was unbelievable - it took two years to set the whole thing up and it ...................... at the last minute!)

fall down

Sub-topic: Failure.

To fail because of a particular reason or in a particular way.

(The local authority is ...................... on the job of keeping the streets clean.)

foil (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

To prevent something bad that someone is planning to do.

(The burglar was ...................... by a passer-by who noticed the broken window and phoned the police.)

misfire (v)

Sub-topic: Failure.

If a plan or joke misfires, it goes wrong and does not have the result that you intended.

(Ed laughed lightly at catching her in her own synaptic ...................... while she glared fierily at him.)